Text formatting rules

Hebrew translation: ק"ג, מ"מ, מ'

09:49 Jun 6, 2007

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Would you please advice:
1) What quotes should we use in Hebrew: alt+0132 („), alt+0147(“), alt+148(”), alt+171(«), alt+187(») or some other?
2) What apostrophe should we use in Hebrew: alt+039 ('), alt+0146 (’), alt+096 (`), alt+0145 (‘) or some other?
3) Is there are any abbreviations for kg, m, mm in Hebrew? Should we use space between digits and abbreviation or not? (For ex. 25 kg or 25kg) Is there a special rule for abbreviated measurement units formatting?

Thank you in advance for your help!

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Hebrew translation:ק"ג, מ"מ, מ'

Explanation:
1. In Hebrew you should use " for quotes.
2. The apostroph that is used in Hebrew is ' (alt+039 ('))
3. We do use abbriviation for measurments - ק"ג (Kg) , (mm) מ"מ(m) 'מ . You MUST leave a space between the number and the measurment.

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Daniel Ganor
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ק"ג, מ"מ, מ'

Daniel Ganor

general rule: see explanation

Iris Bat-Or

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Kg, M, mm and "

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text formatting rules Kg, M, mm and "

Explanation:
1.In hebrew you should use " for quotes ( alt+148(”)).
2. The apostroph that is used in Hebrew is ' (alt+0146 (’), or alt+039 ('))
3. We do use abbriviation for measurments - ק"ג (Kg) , (mm) מ"מ(m)' מ . You do not need to leave a space between the number and the measurment.

Example sentence(s):

I have 25ק"ג (I have 25 Kg of...)

zohara sampson
Israel
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text formatting rules

ק"ג, מ"מ, מ'

Daniel Ganor
Israel
Local time: 08:12
Native speaker of: Hebrew
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text formatting rules general rule: see explanation

Explanation:
General rule: one letter and one inverted comma for one word, two inverted commas for two or more words (and two or more letters) placed before the last letter.
As for measurements - although קילוגרם , מילימטר etc. are nowadays written in one word, they are initially made of two words and abbreviated accordingly: ק"ג, מ"מ, ק"מ
As for spacing - It is customary to leave a space between the figure and the word, for clarity, but it's optional.

Example sentence(s):

הגובה שלי 1.56 מ' ומשקלי 55 ק"ג.

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